flackaI had about 80 days of unused sick leave when I retired. They paid me only 10% of what it was worth but there was no way I could or would use it all up. I did take some days off during my last year. Check with your district about getting some pay out for the unused leave. Most of my friends in other states got paid out at about 35% of the value.
Deb ms/IAI have a the same timeline! I am trying to schedule a time to meet with a retirement person at the state IPERS and I plan on attending a spring retirement planning session with the union. This should help make my planning a bit easier. Can you do the same?
The difficulty is that this is a pretty fast pace for middle schoolers, and my guys are not the most independent learners. They think we're going too fast, and I'm already a few weeks behind my optimistic pacing plan.
Thoughts about how to move a class quickly through US? We're using McDougal Littell's US History, and there's no problem with my bringing in outside sources.
School ...See MoreHi! I was able to go to spinning class (17.4 miles) this morning when they cancelled our IEP meeting scheduled for this AM. We had new music and it was a sweaty ride especially at the beginning with lots of hill "climbing". For some reason the new routine was only 50 minutes long so I rode another 10 minutes to get my hour's worth.
School is still going well. We have our staff meeting Monday and my classroom is in charge of meal. I tried out a new entree on the family last night and they gave its thumbs up: crockpot vegetarian Mexican taco casserole. I subbed veggie crumbles for the meat and it has black beans, corn, diced tomatoes with chilis, taco flavoring, garlic and onion - all over a bed if brown rice and melted cheese over the top. I thought Elaine has had that before.
We had a fabulous time in our football package weekend last weekend. It was really fun. I was ready for something like that.
judycaretHi! I walked hard today, pushing myself a bit. It felt good but it made me pretty lazy this afternoon. I cooked chicken and broccoli for lunch—I like a big lunch and snacky dinner.
men, I don't understand your "meal" assignment. Who are you feeding.
men52Judy: we are a small school and we have our monthly staff meeting right after class is over. The classrooms take turns providing the meal. It's my co teacher and my turn to feed the staff of seven.
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